Okello,
It would be better to let's know your reaction to what Miguna
Miguna says about the Supreme Court debacle! That's what is in
discourse! All these other side shows you are trying to parachute in
have ALWAYS been inconsequential, and still are! Of course, you retain
your slavery birth right to always dutifully holler "Hosanna"!!!
Nyamodi Ochieng-Nyamogo.
On 5/6/13, okello emmanuel <oldiya@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Nyamodi et al,
>
> I'm sure you guys have a right to live in the past.
>
> Raila's decision to disagree with but accept the decicion by the electoral
> commission and subsequently, the supreme court does not make you or anyone
> else better off in mind body or spirit.
>
> I am sure too that Raila has moved on, unlike the majority of sick ppl whose
> sole satisfaction comes from seeing a giant stumble, you know, like the ones
> who celebrated that Barcelona were thrashed 7-nil by Bayern Munich, not that
> thay had anything to gain or lose personally.
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Nyamodi Ochieng Nyamogo <okil@nyamogoadvocates.com>
> To: wanakenya@googlegroups.com
> Cc: "progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com"
> <progressive-kenyans@googlegroups.com>; AFRICA OPED
> <africa-oped@yahoogroups.com>; Vugu Vugu
> <vuguvugumashinani@yahoogroups.com>; YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
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> <wananchi@googlegroups.com>; "wanabidii@googlegroups.com"
> <wanabidii@googlegroups.com>; "Kiswahili@yahoogroups.com"
> <Kiswahili@yahoogroups.com>; uchunguzi online
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> Sent: Sunday, 5 May 2013, 22:32
> Subject: [uchunguzionline] Re: [PK] MIGUNA MIGUNA: WHY THE SUPREME COURT
> DISMISSED ODINGA'S ELECTION PETITION
>
>
> Evans Machera,
> Like it or not, Miguna Miguna is telling it as
> it is, to wit, the biggest problem Raila Amolo Odinga has is Raila
> Amolo Odinga!!! Raila Amolo Odinga is "FINITO", politically, even if
> he makes the idiotic blunder of faking himself back to Parliament, he
> can NEVER win a Presidential poll in this country EVER!!! Why can't
> someone advise him to save face by perpetually keep faking the
> electoral "robbery" out of Parliament???!!!
> Nyamodi Ochieng-Nyamogo
>
> On 5/5/13, Evans MACHERA <mailto:evansmachera%40yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> What does Mr.Miguna say about;-
>>
>> 1). His reinstatement case to the office of the PM that he lost at the
>> High
>> court!
>>
>> 2). The "incompetent" Chairman who was a returning officer for the
>> presidency that finally went to H.E.Prezzo Ouru! that is;- he needs to
>> harmonize his opinion then with the "success" he seems to point out by
>> focussing on Raila's loss !.
>>
>> Miguna Miguna: The Incompetence IEBC Chairman Isaack Hassan.
>> www.kenya-today.com › OpinionMar 13, 2013 – Kenya Today | By: Miguna
>> Miguna, Published on the Star, Thursday, July 21, 2011 ... have managed
>> make
>> do with a fleeting acquaintance with the language. ... To date, the
>> registrar hasn't acted on that petition. ... That was a difficult
>> job...and
>> I congratulate the chairman for not losing his temper but he could ...
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Oduya - Magunga <mailto:oduyaericson%40yahoo.com>
>> To: "mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com"
>> <mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com>
>> Cc: AFRICA OPED <mailto:africa-oped%40yahoogroups.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2013 11:57 AM
>> Subject: [PK] MIGUNA MIGUNA: WHY THE SUPREME COURT DISMISSED ODINGA'S
>> ELECTION PETITION
>>
>>
>>
>> Tom thura,
>>
>> He has always done so but we oppose the truth with all our energy.
>> Majority
>> of us prefer to be destroyed by Praise rather than Saved by the
>> Criticism.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> ***********************************************
>> Oduya-Magunga,
>> Cell: +256 756 116 303
>> E-mail: mailto:oduyaericson%40gmail.com
>>
>> ***********************************************
>> I have tasted the wines of His love,
>> smelt the fragrance of His grace,
>> My God reigns, and that is,
>> enough for my soul.
>>
>> ***********************************************
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>________________________________
>>> From: Tom Oreje <mailto:tomoreje%40gmail.com>
>>>To: "mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com"
>>> <mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com>
>>>Cc: "mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com"
>>> <mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com>
>>>Sent: Sunday, May 5, 2013 11:22 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [PK] MIGUNA MIGUNA: WHY THE SUPREME COURT DISMISSED ODINGA'S
>>> ELECTION PETITION
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Abbi,
>>>
>>>
>>>Yap i agree, he's been stating facts since, even in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
>>> Ama?
>>>
>>>
>>>Cheers.
>>>
>>>On May 5, 2013, at 10:40 AM, mailto:alpineconsults%40yahoo.com wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>Miguna Miguna is stating the facts as a person in command of better legal
>>> mind than most of kenyan lawyers we know can't even give an opinion
>>> regarding the ruling. Miguna Miguna is great kenyan admired by many. He
>>> never used his position to steal from government as most of pro Raila
>>> government officials from nyanza, mombasa, nakuru, nairobi did. Some of
>>> them are extremely rich including former ministers. Miguna is honest who
>>> deserve a better job not abuses from Raila blind sycophants. We are
>>> moving
>>> forward not backwards Ruto and shaban told Raila to respect institutions
>>> he assisted to create. With or without Raila kenyans can make it even to
>>> better heights without incitements and fitina.
>>>>Sent from my BlackBerry®
>>>>________________________________
>>>>
>>>>From: peter otieno <mailto:tudor20082000%40yahoo.com>
>>>>Sender: mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com
>>>>Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 12:27:54 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>To:
>>>> mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com<mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com>
>>>>ReplyTo: mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com
>>>>Subject: Re: [PK] MIGUNA MIGUNA: WHY THE SUPREME COURT DISMISSED
>>>> ODINGA'S
>>>> ELECTION PETITION
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>So what? You thought by being a stooge or a spy for your masters you
>>>> were
>>>>
>> going to get any position. You have demonstrated that you are a turncoat
>> and
>> behaves like a log that can burst into flame any time. If l were
>> Uhuru l would NOT put you anywhere close to me.
>>>>
>>>>Anyway, we have since moved on
>> and dont bore us with nonsense. Go tell it to the monkeys in Canada.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>________________________________
>>>>> From: Oduya - Magunga <mailto:oduyaericson%40yahoo.com>
>>>>>To: "mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com"
>>>>> <mailto:progressive-kenyans%40googlegroups.com>;
>>>>> "mailto:kenyaonline%40yahoogroups.com"
>>>>> <mailto:kenyaonline%40yahoogroups.com>
>>>>>Cc: "mailto:kupp_usa%40googlegroups.com"
>>>>> <mailto:kupp_usa%40googlegroups.com>; Africa-Oped
>>>>> <mailto:africa-oped%40yahoogroups.com>; uchunguzi online
>>>>> <mailto:uchunguzionline%40yahoogroups.com>; WanaKenya
>>>>> <mailto:Wanakenya%40googlegroups.com>; Muita Wangoko
>>>>> <mailto:muitawangoko%40gmail.com>
>>>>>Sent: Saturday, May 4, 2013 10:12 PM
>>>>>Subject: [PK] MIGUNA MIGUNA: WHY THE SUPREME COURT DISMISSED ODINGA'S
>>>>> ELECTION PETITION
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>WHY THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA DISMISSED
>> RAILA ODINGA'S ELECTION PETITION
>>>>>By MIGUNA MIGUNA*, May 3, 2013
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>It's two months after the March
>> 4th, 2013 elections in Kenya. It's about sixty nine days since the
>> Independent Electoral and Boundaries' Commission (the IEBC) declared both
>> Uhuru
>> Kenyatta and William Ruto duly elected president and deputy president,
>> respectively. Fourteen days after that, the Supreme Court of Kenya
>> confirmed
>> the IEBC's declaration in a unanimous verdict that sent the principal
>> petitioner
>> and Uhuru's main challenger in the presidential election, Raila Odinga,
>> into
>> a
>> psychological spin whose reverberations are still being felt to this day.
>> Will
>> Odinga finally accept the democratic will of the Kenyan people?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Apparently not. In numerous incoherent,
>> inconsistent and contradictory utterances since the Supreme Courts
>> decision,
>> Mr. Odinga has blown hot and cold. Prior to the elections, Odinga and
>> other
>> presidential contenders displayed unprecedented unity, patriotism,
>> humility
>> and
>> statesmanship by publicly stating that they would accept the results of
>> the
>> elections no matter how it turned out. They undertook, together, on live
>> TV
>> broadcasts, to be peaceful and to seek any redress in court should they
>> lose.
>> They promised, fervently, to respect the Supreme Court's decision in any
>> subsequent petition(s). "There will be no mass action," they solemnly
>> swore
>> before Rev. David Owuor, as millions of Kenyans watched.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>However, on March 9th,
>> barely fifteen minutes after the IEBC declared Uhuru duly elected, Odinga
>> swiftly held a press conference to denounce the results. There were no
>> statesman-like congratulatory telephone calls from Odinga to the
>> president-elect. This is what happens in mature democracies like the US
>> even
>> when one isn't happy with the results. It doesn't and wouldn't have
>> prevented
>> Odinga from disputing the results in Court.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>But Odinga not only rejected the
>> results announced by the IEBC, he also threatened a legal tsunami. He
>> listed,
>> publicly, before filing his petition, a litany of accusations against the
>> IEBC,
>> Uhuru's Jubilee Alliance, the National Security Intelligence, and
>> un-named
>> "dark forces and bureaucrats" who had allegedly "stolen" his victory "one
>> more
>> time." He claimed that the IEBC had taken 1.8 million votes from him and
>> given them
>> to Uhuru. He termed it daylight electoral robbery. He threatened
>> unspecified
>> "consequences" to the "electoral thieves." He paraded more than a dozen
>> lawyers, including sitting members of parliament, and confidently stated
>> that
>> he would prevail at the Supreme Court. He promised his supporters swift
>> and
>> an
>> unequivocal "justice from the Supreme Court."
>>>>>All reasonable people expected
>> that Odinga would present unimpeachable evidence before the Court and
>> prove
>> each and every allegation made; that he would expose the concluded
>> elections
>> and the IEBC as frauds; and that ultimately, the Court would vindicate
>> his
>> allegations.
>>>>>Odinga's supporters subsequently
>> inundated the airwaves, suffocated the print and electronic media and
>> saturated
>> the social media with salacious stories of stuffed ballot boxes, fake
>> voters'
>> registers, dead voters and remote hacking of the IEBC computer systems
>> that
>> "had transferred millions of votes belonging to Raila, which had then
>> been
>> fraudulently tallied and declared in favour of Uhuru." Unauthenticated
>> video
>> clips showing unidentified people making contradictory announcements of
>> "results" mysteriously emerged and started circulating in the Internet.
>> These
>> were accompanied by a crescendo of ethnic jingoism and hate-filled
>> propaganda. Viewers
>> were later entertained to their dramatic presentation in Court by
>> AfriCogs
>> lawyer, Kethi Kilonzo.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>"Be patient and wait for the
>> Supreme Court's verdict," Odinga kept exhorting the country. It looked
>> like
>> it
>> was only a matter of hours before the Court "returned Raila's stolen
>> victory."
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Yet after the Supreme Court
>> tossed out his petition on April 9, 2013, Odinga not only rejected that
>> decision, he went ahead and implied that the Court had been
>> 'compromised.'
>> He
>> didn't specify how this had happened. However, it didn't take long before
>> Odinga's supporters started spreading unsubstantiated propaganda that the
>> Supreme Court justices had been paid Ksh300 million (approximately $3.6
>> million) for each supreme court justice by the Jubilee team. A few dozen
>> Odinga
>> supporters demonstrated in Nairobi and Kisumu with two even committing
>> suicide
>> in Migori town and the Kibera slums in Nairobi. Most Odinga supporters,
>> particularly from his Luo ethnic group, were in deep mourning. They
>> refused
>> to
>> believe that their man had lost fairly to Uhuru Kenyatta. To Odinga and
>> his
>> supporters, the results had been cooked by the Kikuyu elites, working in
>> cahoots with the IEBC. There wasn't any need for proof.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Addressing his supporters in
>> Mombasa and Kisumu a few days after the court's verdict, Odinga stirred
>> fresh
>> embers and rekindled the memories of the 2007 post-election conflict by
>> charging the IEBC of planned, orchestrated, massive rigging. With a black
>> Bible
>> held in his right hand, he rounded it off by comparing his circumstances
>> to
>> the
>> crucifixion of Jesus Christ. "Unlike Jesus, I've resurrected without
>> being
>> buried…" Odinga thundered. He subsequently took off to a South African
>> zoo
>> with
>> his running mate Kalonzo Musyoka and a recently-acquired side-kick, Moses
>> Wetangula, effectively boycotting the inauguration of Uhuru and Ruto,
>> which
>> occurred on April 12th. Odinga also urged elected members of his
>> CORD alliance to boycott the event as well – and many complied.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Since then, Odinga has continued
>> to publicly condemn the IEBC, the Supreme Court, and an assortment of
>> high-ranking public figures and institutions, accusing them of conspiracy
>> to
>> deny him the country's leadership. He has recently agitated for a
>> constitutional amendment so that the country can become a parliamentary
>> system.
>> As well, he continues to call for the disbandment of the IEBC, claiming
>> that
>> in
>> its present form, it cannot preside over fair and democratic elections.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Unfortunately, these are
>> arguments that Odinga should have made more than three years ago. During
>> the
>> constitutional review process – and as I narrate at pages 370-80 of my
>> memoirs, Peeling Back the Mask - Odinga is the
>> one who proposed the current pure presidential system. Odinga shouted at
>> me
>> [I
>> was then his senior policy adviser and chief strategist] when I reminded
>> him
>> that a parliamentary system is best suited for a multi-ethnic society
>> with
>> demographic, power and economic imbalances. At the time, he rudely told
>> me
>> that
>> I didn't appreciate "the benefits of a presidential system" and
>> [referring
>> to a
>> classic parliamentary system I had drafted for consideration] that I
>> couldn't
>> take all power from "an elected president and give it to an un-elected
>> prime
>> minister." Then, Odinga's main focus was the acquisition of undiluted
>> power
>> so
>> that he could use it to make more money and pamper his family, relatives
>> and
>> acolytes.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Not surprisingly, Odinga has
>> suddenly realized that a parliamentary system is best suited for
>> multicultural
>> societies. It enhances cohesion by decentralizing and decongesting power.
>> The
>> question, however, is why Odinga is behaving as if he has just discovered
>> these
>> redeeming qualities in a parliamentary system. Isn't he the same man who
>> recently traversed the country claiming to be the best person whom
>> Kenyans
>> could trust with the implementation of the Constitution of Kenya 2010?
>> Has
>> he
>> had a change of heart about the constitution he deemed "the best in
>> Africa"
>> just two months ago? Why was he happy with a system he claims perpetuates
>> the
>> big man syndrome only a few weeks ago?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>For those who know Odinga very
>> well like I do, it's obvious that his current campaign is motivated by
>> one
>> thing only (though he tries to conceal it): his greed and blinding drive
>> for
>> power. He is clever enough to know that most Kenyans actually prefer a
>> parliamentary system of government. It's the only means the majority of
>> Kenyan
>> ethnic communities can hope to share power and resources with their
>> bigger
>> kinsmen like the Gikuyu, Kalenjin, Luhya, Luo and Kamba. On his part,
>> Odinga
>> wants to ride on these people's backs – become their champion – all the
>> way
>> to
>> victory in 2017. To do that, he needs a uniting message – a clarion call.
>> But
>> more immediately, he is seeking a reason (no matter how dubious) to
>> return
>> to
>> parliament. Otherwise, the insurrection Odinga is busy fermenting over
>> the
>> system of government and the just-concluded elections are ruses for his
>> "Change
>> the Constitution Movement." Whatever group he constructs – and he will
>> come
>> up
>> with one – will be his vehicle for power in 2017. Forget about the
>> still-born
>> CORD!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>In July 2011, Odinga suspended
>> me through the media for daring to publish a column in the Star newspaper
>> in
>> which I criticized the management and alleged
>> corruption and nepotistic practices of one Issack Hassan and the
>> precursor
>> to
>> the IEBC – the Interim Independent Electoral Commission. Odinga, James
>> Orengo,
>> Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, Gerald Otieno Kajwang', Jakoyo Midiwo and Oburu
>> Odinga
>> told anyone who wanted to hear that Mr Issack Hassan was the best
>> electoral
>> manager in Kenya. Odinga and his cohorts accused me of "attempting to
>> interfere
>> with the running of the electoral commission." Yet less than three years
>> later,
>> these hypocrites are now making the same arguments I made in 2011!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Whereas we can let Odinga mourn
>> and live in denial unmolested over his "stolen victory," it's imperative
>> that
>> we remind him of some of the most blatant falsehoods he is trying to
>> propagate.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Before the Supreme Court
>> rendered its decision, virtually all the mourners were 'convinced' that
>> the
>> Court would grant Odinga's petition and overturn Uhuru's victory. They
>> yelled
>> and shouted for people to wait for the SC's decision. Some of us obliged
>> them –
>> patiently. Yet no sooner had the SC rendered its decision did the same
>> people
>> start shouting again; this time condemning the Court. This means they
>> couldn't
>> accept any other decision but an Odinga win. That's not reasonable. It's
>> also
>> disrespectful of democratic principles, the rule of law and our
>> institutions.
>> Democracy cannot grow and thrive unless we show reasonable deference to
>> our
>> institutions of governance.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Before the March 4th elections, the media and most opinion poll firms
>>>>> considered Odinga to be
>> "the leading presidential candidate." Members of CORD [coalition for
>> reforms and democracy], many of them dyed-in-the-wool Kanu Orphans like
>> Kalonzo
>> Musyoka, Henry Kosgey, Dalmas Otieno, William Ole Ntimama, Franklin Bett,
>> Cyrus
>> Jirongo, Moses Wetangula, Amos Wako and Fred Gumo, were suddenly
>> portrayed
>> as
>> "reformers" and "agents of change." It seemed like supporting Odinga was
>> all
>> one required to become a reformer.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>As we went to the polls, Odinga
>> had been prime minister of Kenya for 5 long years. His running-mate,
>> Kalonzo
>> Musyoka, had been Vice-President for 5 years as well. Wako had been the
>> longest
>> serving Attorney General in the Commonwealth, having served a total of 21
>> years
>> in Daniel arap Moi's tyrannical regime and Mwai Kibaki's lackluster
>> administration. In other words, going into the March 4th elections,
>> CORD was the establishment group in
>> name and substance.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>They had (or ought to have had)
>> both party and presidential agents in all polling, constituency, county
>> and
>> national tallying centre(s).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The IEBC gave these agents forms
>> 34, 35 and 36 on which the county, constituency and presidential results
>> were
>> announced. They signed the forms 34 and 35 at the constituency tallying
>> centres, and form 36 at the national tallying centre in Nairobi. They
>> presumably relayed these results to their party headquarters and leaders
>> long
>> before the same results reached the national tallying centre in Nairobi,
>> and
>> very
>> long before they were added up and final results were declared by the
>> Chairman
>> of the IEBC. These are the forms Odinga should have used as evidence in
>> his
>> Petition before the Supreme Court. He should have had them on March 9th
>> when
>> Uhuru was declared winner. Information on these forms - plus observations
>> by
>> his presidential agents – is what Odinga needed to use in challenging the
>> IEBC
>> results. If there had been serious electoral malpractices, the onus was
>> on
>> Odinga to present credible evidence in Court. He needed to demonstrate
>> that
>> had
>> these violations not occurred, Uhuru wouldn't have won, or at least not
>> achieved 50% of all valid votes cast plus one vote. So, why didn't he?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>One plausible reason is that
>> Odinga knew that he couldn't sustain his objection to the declared
>> results.
>> In
>> other words, Odinga's bluster was nothing but theatre. He knew that he
>> couldn't
>> prove any of his allegations through credible evidence. The Court to him
>> was
>> just another instrument for manipulation in his quest for power. More
>> significantly,
>> the results had not been challenged by Odinga and his cohorts (at the
>> constituency and county tallying halls) until the final tallies at the
>> national tallying centre showed that Uhuru had won. In
>> addition, the same tallies had been used to declare MPs, Governors,
>> Senators,
>> Women Representatives, etc - results that Odinga and CORD did not seem to
>> challenge at the Supreme Court.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>In all these other results, the
>> Jubilee Team has more members (MPs, Senators and Women Representatives)
>> than
>> CORD. Essentially, Odinga knew Uhuru had won.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>In 2007, ODM had argued,
>> legitimately, that one of the clearest indicators that he had won the
>> 2007
>> presidential election was the fact that the party on which he contested
>> the
>> Presidency, ODM, had more MPs than Kibaki's PNU. However, in 2013,
>> Uhuru's
>> Jubilee had more MPs, Senators and women representatives than CORD. On
>> what
>> basis, therefore, would Odinga and his cohorts, be arguing that he won
>> the
>> popular vote when clearly he has less representatives than his main
>> opponent?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Finally, Odinga's figures simply
>> didn't add up. Uhuru beat him with more than 800,000 votes! That's huge
>> by
>> any
>> standards. Uhuru got 50.07% of the total votes cast (it should have been
>> 53%
>> of
>> the valid votes) while Odinga only got 43%. Although he alleged that the
>> IEBC
>> robbed him of 1.8 million votes, he couldn't prove any rigging before the
>> Supreme Court – not one rigged vote! These are undeniable facts.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>In my opinion, the reason why
>> Odinga went to Court wasn't because he believed he had sufficient
>> evidence
>> upon
>> which Uhuru's victory could be overturned. He wanted the Court to help
>> him
>> perpetrate a coup either by ruling in his favour despite the evidence or
>> to
>> create an environment in which he could precipitate an insurrection like
>> the
>> ones that happened in Cote d'Ivoire, Tunisia and Egypt. He had hoped that
>> the
>> West would help him get power. His other wish was that he could make
>> Kenya
>> ungovernable so as to create the need for another grand coalition
>> arrangement
>> with Uhuru. He had hoped that such an arrangement would ultimately result
>> in
>> him taking absolute power – after the ICC
>> trials is May and July 2013.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>But Odinga conveniently forgot
>> that he had alienated most of his strongest strategists, tacticians and
>> mobilisers going into the March 4th elections. He had betrayed
>> everyone except his relatives and sycophants. These wounded former allies
>> used
>> their talents, energies and contacts to deliver a convincing defeat to
>> Odinga.
>> In 2007, it was William Ruto, Musalia Mudavadi, Charity Ngilu, Najib
>> Balala
>> and
>> many others who generated much needed energy that helped mobilize
>> Odinga's
>> support in the Rift Valley, Western, Nairobi and Coast. By 2012, those
>> areas
>> had moved to Uhuru's side. On March 4th, Odinga was basically left
>> with Luos, Kisiis, Luhyas and the Coast. He knew that there was no way he
>> could
>> have won a fair and democratic contest against Uhuru Kenyatta and William
>> Ruto.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Moreover, Odinga's tenure as
>> prime minister of Kenya had been more than disappointing. For five years
>> he
>> presided over a moribund office where deception, lethargy,
>> disorganization,
>> corruption and nepotism were the greatest achievements of that office,
>> thus
>> exposing his hitherto concealed under belly. As Kenyans went to elections
>> on
>> March 4th, Odinga's strongholds in Nyanza and Nairobi areas lived in
>> pathetic conditions. Sugar cane, cotton, rice and fishing industries
>> which
>> provided his core supporters with a livelihood had long ceased being
>> viable
>> economic activities. The floods were still ravaging Kano plains and
>> others
>> areas in Nyanza. Schools and health centres were dilapidated. Land
>> remained
>> un-demarcated. Most young adults aged between eighteen and twenty-five
>> years
>> were not registered as voters because they had not been issued with
>> national
>> identity cards. These happened despite the fact that the ministers for
>> registration of persons, lands and health services were Odinga's cabinet
>> appointees and known sycophants.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Even more intriguing was the
>> sudden and massive technology failure during the elections which are said
>> to
>> be
>> directly traceable to Odinga and corrupt mandarins in his former office
>> who
>> credible sources claim ripped off the national treasury to the tune of
>> Sh2
>> billion during the BVR procurement. With forensic and criminal
>> investigations
>> having been ordered on the technological failure, many observers are
>> keenly
>> waiting to see how Odinga's office might be implicated and what he might
>> say
>> after the results of the investigations are made public. It's possible
>> that
>> the
>> biggest culprits during the 2013 elections will be the twin national
>> ailments
>> of greed and deception.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Clearly,
>> Odinga had miscalculated. His strategies and tactics weren't well
>> thought-out.
>> The execution of his inept strategies and tactics was also rusty. But
>> somehow,
>> he and his sycophants believed that God had anointed him to reign. He
>> would
>> automatically become president, they yelled. "Even goats and chicken in
>> villages know that Raila will be Kenya's fourth president," we were
>> reminded
>> again and again. Fortunately, Kenya and the world had moved on...Had
>> Odinga
>> listened
>> to me in 2009; he could probably be something right now under a
>> parliamentary
>> system. He wouldn't be dangling in the air, unable to decide whether to
>> retire
>> or to force himself back to parliament so that he can remain politically
>> relevant. However, with three successive loses under his belt, Odinga has
>> to
>> retire honourably or we will retire him.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Mr. Miguna Miguna is a former
>> senior policy adviser to Raila Odinga when the latter was prime minister
>> of
>> Kenya. His memoirs, Peeling Back the Mask and the sequel Kidneys for the
>> King,
>> exposed corruption in Mr. Odinga's office. Mr Miguna is also a member of
>> the
>> Ontario and Kenyan Bars.
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>***********************************************
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>>>>> E-mail: mailto:oduyaericson%40gmail.com
>>>>>
>>>>>***********************************************
>>>>>I have tasted the wines of His love,
>>>>> smelt the fragrance of His grace,
>>>>> My God reigns, and that is,
>>>>> enough for my soul.
>>>>>
>>>>>***********************************************
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